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RONTISPIECE. H.R.H. the Princess Victoria at the age of Four[4]
Notice to Visitors[6]
Plate—Kensington Palace and Gardens in the Reign of Queen Anne[8]
Preface[14]
Historical Sketch.
Early History of Kensington[17]
Building of the Palace[18]
Deaths of Queen Mary and King William[19]
Queen Anne at Kensington Palace[20]
Death of Prince George of Denmark[22]
Death of Queen Anne[22]
George I. at Kensington Palace[23]
George II. at Kensington Palace[24]
Kensington in George III.’s Reign[25]
Birth of Queen Victoria[26]
Plate—The Duchess of Kent with Princess Victoria (aged Two Years)[27]
Queen Victoria’s Early Years at Kensington[29]
The Queen’s Childhood at Kensington Palace[30]
Plate—The Princess Victoria in 1825[31]
Princess Victoria becomes Heiress to the Throne[34]
Queen Victoria’s Accession[36]
Queen Victoria’s First Council[37]
Kensington Palace in Recent Years[40]
Restoration of the State Rooms[41]
Methods of Restoration[42]
Arrangement of the Pictures[44]
Associations with Queen Victoria[45]
Descriptive and Historical Guide.
Old Kensington Palace Gardens[47]
Queen Anne’s Gardens[49]
Queen Anne’s Orangery[51]
Terrace of Queen Anne’s Orangery[53]
Exterior of Queen Anne’s Orangery[54]
Interior of Queen Anne’s Orangery[55]
The Alcoves of Queen Anne’s Orangery[56]
Restoration of Queen Anne’s Orangery[56]
Kensington Gardens[58]
Queen Caroline’s Improvements in Kensington Gardens[58]
Kensington Gardens in the Nineteenth Century[59]
Plate—South Front of Kensington Palace in 1819—after Westall[61]
South Front of the Palace[63]
Wren’s Domestic Style[63]
East Front of the Palace[64]
Plate—Plan of the State Rooms[66]
Public Entrance to the Palace[67]
Queen’s Staircase[68]
Old Oak Wainscoting of the Staircase[69]
Window Sashes of the Staircase[69]
Queen Mary’s Gallery[70]
Wainscoting and Carvings of Queen Mary’s Gallery[71]
Pictures in Queen Mary’s Gallery. Portraits of the Time of William and Mary to George II[73]
Queen’s Closet[77]
Pictures of “Old London”[77]
Queen Anne’s Private Dining Room[80]
Pictures in Queen Anne’s Private Dining Room[81]
Queen Mary’s Privy Chamber[83]
Pictures in Queen Mary’s Privy Chamber[83]
Queen Caroline’s Drawing Room[87]
Painted Ceiling of the Queen’s Drawing Room[88]
Contemporary French and German Portraits[88]
The Cupola or Cube Room[93]
The Painted Ceiling of the Cube Room[94]
Plate—The Cupola or Cube Room as it was when the Queen was Baptized in it[95]
Painted Walls of the Cube Room[96]
General Appearance of the Cupola Room[98]
King’s Drawing Room[99]
Painted Ceiling of the King’s Drawing Room[99]
William Kent, the Royal and Fashionable Decorator[100]
Plate—King’s Drawing Room[101]
Kent the Father of Modern Gardening[103]
West’s Pictures in the King’s Drawing Room[104]
King’s Privy Chamber[108]
Portraits of George III.’s Time[108]
The Nursery[113]
Pictures and Prints illustrative of the Queen’s Life and Reign[113]
Ante-Room[114]
Prints illustrative of the Life and Reign of the Queen[114]
Queen Victoria’s Bedroom[115]
Prints of the Life and Reign of the Queen[116]
Mementoes and Relics of the Queen’s Childhood collected in “Queen Victoria’s Bedroom”[116]
King’s Gallery[117]
Decorative Carvings in the “King’s Gallery”[117]
Chimney-Piece, Map and Dial[118]
Plate—The King’s Gallery[119]
Painting of the Ceiling and Wainscot of the King’s Gallery[121]
Naval Pictures in the King’s Gallery[122]
King’s Grand Staircase[129]
Kent’s Alterations in the King’s Grand Staircase[130]
Plate—The King’s Grand Staircase[131]
Painted Walls of the King’s Grand Staircase[133]
Painted Ceiling of the King’s Grand Staircase[135]
Presence Chamber[137]
Painted Ceiling of the Presence Chamber[138]
Ceremonial Pictures of Queen Victoria’s Reign[139]